Film Studies with Foundation Year

The Film Studies Programme at York St John University is an exciting pathway which represents the changing nature of the subject area and the links between film and other disciplines.

On the Film Studies programme you will experience and take part in lectures, seminars, workshops, task focused activities, field-trips and excursions and informative engagement with media practitioners and those working in the creative industry.

You will learn the skills needed to investigate the techniques, styles and creative decisions behind film. You will have the chance to engage with and analyse a wide range of genres and movements, including: -Gothic and horror -Animation -Documentary film -Science fiction -Independent film -Cult and extreme cinema

You will also have the chance to study films from around the world, with modules focusing on British, European, American and transnational cinema. As well as investigating the history of cinema, you will consider film within it’s wider cultural context. This means exploring its relationship with comic books, video games, television, popular culture and the digital landscape.

You will be assessed in a variety of ways including essays, portfolios, single and group presentations (for example, voice-over commentaries using iPads and tablets), interactive eportfolios (using platforms such as Word Press), creative visual pieces. All of these will be introduced at Level1 and then developed throughout the degree.

This route offers you a four year (full-time) degree course, which will include opportunities for you to engage with the subject area of your choice, to select from a range of subjects to broaden your knowledge and understanding, and will provide structured study skills support as you build your confidence to study at degree level. You will be taught alongside other students studying the Foundation Year from Social Sciences, Languages & Linguistics, Education, Religion & Philosophy and Media.